Dorothy Pearlstein, 1928 to 2018
A remarkable painter and female role model remembered by Desirée Alvarez, a longtime model of her husband, Philip Pearlstein
Eugene Thaw in his Own Words: The late collector and philanthropist interviewed in 1996
An exhibition of his bequests closes at the Morgan Library January 7
“One Thing Follows Another”: John Ashbery, Art Critic
He made light of his “violon d’Ingres,” but with Ashbery’s death we lost a great art critic
Angry Young Man: Martin Naylor, 1944 to 2016
A maverick British sculptor whose achievements are coming back into perspective
Generosity of Eye: William Louis-Dreyfus, 1932 to 1984
Countless individuals, institutions, and causes lost a remarkable and irreplaceable friend earlier this fall with the passing of collector and philanthropist William Louis-Dreyfus. He literally transformed the lives of artists whose works he amassed. A stalwart campaigner for social justice, he pioneered ways of fusing his twin passions for art and for serving the underprivileged … Continued
Generosity of Eye: William Louis-Dreyfus, 1932 to 1984
Countless individuals, institutions, and causes lost a remarkable and irreplaceable friend earlier this fall with his passing
Modernism isn’t a style, he insisted, it’s a working attitude. Walter Darby Bannard, 1934 to 2016
The artist passed on the eve of a show of new work, at Berry Campbell through November 12
A Passionate, Upbeat Advocate: Ellen Rand, Artist and Gallerist, 1941-2016
Founder of 101 Gallery in Brooklyn, who died this summer
Living As Variously As Possible: Bill Berkson, 1939-2016
a tribute to the poet and art critic who died June 16
The Journey of Life is Circular: Fred Holland, 1951 to 2016
simple, often organic materials intertwined personal memories with his African American heritage